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hello grammarians hello Rosie hi Paige
so in this video we're going to talk
about compound complex sentences so we
just covered complex sentences in the
last video which is where you've got a
simple sentence or one independent
clause and then that's accompanied by at
least one dependent clause so the
compound complex sentence is a little
bit different in this one you have a
compound sentence which is more than one
independent clause and also at least one
dependent clause okay so it's like
there's compound and there's complex and
this is a combination of both of them
that's right right okay so compound
complex takes the more than one
independent clause from a compound
sentence and the dependent clause or
more than one from a complex sentence
and puts them together so you have at
least two independent clauses and at
least one dependent clause I say at
least because you can have more than one
or more than two of either of those but
it has to be at least that right so rosy
just to make sure this all makes sense
can we get an example of a compound
complex sentence after the storm passed
I went outside and I picked flowers
that's lovely okay so I went outside and
I picked flowers are both independent
clauses ignoring after the storm passed
if we just had I went outside and I
picked flowers that's a compound
sentence that's two independent clauses
so then we add after the storm passed
which is a dependent clause and that
makes it compound complex we have at
least two independent clauses and at
least one dependent clause so in this
case exactly two and exactly one Rosie
can you tell me about your friend
Alberto in
of compound-complex sentence please sure
my friend Alberto well you'll see though
he has a crippling walnut allergy
Alberto bravely walked through the
Walnut Grove but he made sure to wear
long sleeves that's a good call
yeah he's smart yes market so again if
we just if we just say Alberto bravely
walked through the Walnut Grove but he
made sure to wear long sleeves that's a
compound sentence there's two
independent clauses
Alberto bravely walked through the
Walnut Grove is one and then the second
one is but he made sure to wear long
sleeves but then again we add a
dependent clause at the beginning though
he has a crippling walnut allergy that
is what makes it compound complex it has
elements of compound the two independent
clauses and it has an element of complex
the dependent clause but Rosie these are
both the minimum number these sentences
both have the minimum number of each
independent and dependent clauses so can
we see something maybe that has like
more clauses yeah sure well let's take a
look at this first sentence we have I
think we can add I think we can add a
dependent clause okay let's give it a
try after the storm passed I went
outside and I picked flowers because
they were beautiful okay I see right so
this is a case where we see we can have
more than one dependent clause if we
want to write that I know I keep saying
this but like two independent clauses
and one dependent clause are the minimum
for a compound-complex sentence it can
have more and it still qualifies as
compound-complex so that's
compound-complex sentences they are like
compound and that they have more than
one independent clause and they're like
complex in that they also have dependent
clauses you can learn anything page out
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